The Donner Party's Perilous Journey West
by
Ethan Rarick
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2008
In late October 1846, the last wagon train of that year's westward migration stopped overnight before resuming its arduous climb over the Sierra Nevada Mountains, unaware that a fearsome storm was gathering force. After months of grueling travel, the 81 men, women and children would be trapped for...